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RIP Mr. Carradine. You will be missed.

The legend continues. RIP, Mr. Carradine.

Career highlight: appearing on Lizzie Mcguire.

You will be missed.

R.I.P Kwai Chang Caine.

Rest in peace, Grasshopper. You will be missed.

Wow. That is really fucking sad. I expected to read this obit and see that he died of old age or something related to that. Not suicide. What a crying shame. I really do feel like crying.

Now who is going to teach me my Kung-fu moves?

RIP Grasshopper.

Local media in Thailand initially reported Carradine had committed suicide by hanging himself in his hotel suite, but the star's agent has told a U.S. TV channel he believes the actor died of natural causes.

This is according to the WENN news feed on IMDb. I hope it was natural causes and not suicide. That would make me extra sad.

BBC previously reported but then revoked that the cord was around his nuts as well. Looks like to me that it was accidental death of autoerotic asphyxiation. He was probably high and with a hooker, after all it is him.

FantasySage: I do hope that is the cause. I envisoned either opium fueled orgy or squad of ninjas as the cause of death when I first saw the headline.

Crap. The dude was 72, why check out himself now? My 79 year old father in law recently did the same thing after he was diagnosed with cancer and decided fuckit, he would go on his own terms. Noble in one sense, but the mess he left for his wife and daughter to find is another matter altogether.

Sick as it sounds, part of me kinda hopes it was something similar. I'd hate to think Carradine didn't value the life he had or the life he had left to lead, for any reason other than unavoidable future suffering (and even then I have my questions). How else could someone lose hope so close to their natural end?

RIP Bill.

Tyler, an opium fueled orgy and a squad of ninjas are not mutually exclusive. It is sad news-although the Jonas Brothers? I didn't need to know that.

72 is not that old at all, the guy still had the energy to make movies, no one knows why he took his own life. I know one thing, when it’s time for me to go the only decision I’m going to have to make is if I want to die with my dick in a woman’s mouth or in her ass, thank you.

I guess if an external object wrapped around the neck has a "natural cause" of blocking the flow of oxygen to the lungs and blood to the brain. so, yeah, I can see that argument...

That really sucks. RIP Mr. Carradine.

I still maintain that anyone born into the Carradine family is issued an extra dose of awesome at birth.

Lizzie I would agree with you that Carradines are awesome and cool, but Martha Plimpton blew that rule.

I suppose I don't care how he died, just that his voice is still around on film. I love the Kill Bill Vol 2 campfire scenes. I'd like to think he carried a flute everywhere.

The true story of his death:

Actor and martial arts master David Carradine, 72, was found dead today in his hotel room in Bangkok, Thailand. According to sources the hotel room was “littered with the bodies of black clad warriors, suggesting Mr. Carradine had been the victim of a ninja attack”. Ninja attacks are not an uncommon problem in Thailand, but the sheer number of dead ninja were said to be “staggering”. Chief Inspector Phuk Pan had this to say, “It was as if the ninja were taken to a great height, and dropped. Limbs were broken and bodies were twisted with great violence. It made me vomit to see the mess.”

Mr. Carradine was found at the foot of a canopy bed sitting in the lotus position favored by Buddhist Shaolin monks when police were finally able to break down the door being blocked by piles of dead ninja. An unearthly glow was said to bathe his body in warm light, illuminating his faint and knowing smile. Upon closer inspection he was found not to be breathing and a small shard of metal was found inbedded in the palm of his right hand. While cause of death will not be known for several days it is believed that the metal shard was actually the broken tip of a poison tipped spear, likely coated in tetrateratoxin, a paralyzing agent and favorite of local crime syndicates, specifically that of The Black Foot.

In his left hand he clutched the famed Amulet of Ravahasu, an ancient artifact said to grant the possessor the power to raise, and command, an army of the dead. Among his personal items was the contact information for Dr. Stephen Wallace, a British nationalist living in Bangkok, and reputed expert on the Amulet of Ravahasu. It is surmised that the victim was ambushed before he was able to make contact with Dr. Wallace.

Investigation is on going.

In all seriousness - whatever the circumstances - I'm very sad to see him go.

Over the last several years it seems there have been lots of people going that were born in 1936. It always frightens me, as that's my dad's birth year.

Wow, that is so unexpected and so sad.

Wow. I am very surprised by this. I didn't want him to go, but I guess he didn't want to be here anymore.

I hope his family is ok.

TylerDFC, that is precisely the way that I will choose to remember the passing of Carradine. An excellent way to honor his memory, sir.

Love Live Frankenstein!

Here's the story:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,525069,00.html

Carradine is the family curse?!
I think that watching this movie, you will be able to understand why it happened.
See the last interview:Carradine-film

I read they found him hanging nude in his closet...I'm saying it wasn't suicide, he was into autoerotic asphyxia.

Thanks Odnon, it's doesn't take much to pick the scab off that particular memory.

The more I read, the more it sounds like autoerotic asphyxia, same as Michael Hutchence- hotel room, door, cord, all they need to find is the poppers and the picture is complete. Somehow I would prefer it was that (unless Tyler's account is somehow possible), death by accident of horniness at least trumps death by misery in the "way to go" stakes. Pity it doesn't change the end result though.

I prefer TylerDFC's version of the story. That's the one I'm sticking with.

Wait... Michael Hutchence didn't die by suicide? He went autoerotic too?

That's, no kidding, great news. I hope it's true of both of them. Seriously.

Although I’m sadden about his passing, I must admit I have a greater respect for him knowing that he went out trying to get his rocks off.